Perry et al v. Schwarzenegger et al

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Declaration of Therese M. Stewart in Support of 179 Memorandum in Opposition, Declaration of Therese M. Stewart re City and County of San Francisco's Opposition to Defendant-Intervenors' Motion for Administrative Leave to Exceed Page Limitations filed byCity and County of San Francisco. (Related document(s) 179 ) (Flynn, Ronald) (Filed on 9/10/2009)

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DENNIS J. HERRERA, State Bar #139669 City Attorney THERESE M. STEWART, State Bar #104930 Chief Deputy City Attorney DANNY CHOU, State Bar #180240 Chief of Complex and Special Litigation RONALD P. FLYNN, State Bar #184186 VINCE CHHABRIA, State Bar #208557 ERIN BERNSTEIN, State Bar #231539 CHRISTINE VAN AKEN, State Bar #241755 MOLLIE M. LEE, State Bar #251404 Deputy City Attorneys City Hall, Room 234 One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, California 94102-4682 Telephone: (415) 554-4708 Facsimile: (415) 554-4699 Attorneys for Plaintiff-Intervenor CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA KRISTIN M. PERRY, SANDRA B. STIER, PAUL T. KATAMI, and JEFFREY J. ZARRILLO, Plaintiffs, vs. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, in his official capacity as Governor of California; EDMUND G. BROWN JR., in his official capacity as Attorney General of California; MARK B. HORTON, in his official capacity as Director of the California Department of Public Health and State Registrar of Vital Statistics; LINETTE SCOTT, in her official capacity as Deputy Director of Health Information & Strategic Planning for the California Department of Public Health; PATRICK O'CONNELL, in his official capacity as Clerk-Recorder for the County of Alameda; and DEAN C. LOGAN, in his official capacity as Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk for the County of Los Angeles, Defendants,
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Case No. 09-CV-2292 VRW DECLARATION OF THERESE M. STEWART RE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT-INTERVENORS' MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE TO EXCEED PAGE LIMITATIONS Trial Date: Jan. 11, 2009
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and PROPOSITION 8 OFFICIAL PROPONENTS DENNIS HOLLINGSWORTH, GAIL J. KNIGHT, MARTIN F. GUTIERREZ, HAKSHING WILLIAM TAM, and MARK A. JANSSON; and PROTECTMARRIAGE.COM ­ YES ON 8, A PROJECT OF CALIFORNIA RENEWAL, Defendant-Intervenors. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Plaintiff-Intervenor vs. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, in his official capacity as Governor of California; EDMUND G. BROWN JR., in his official capacity as Attorney General of California; MARK B. HORTON, in his official capacity as Director of the California Department of Public Health and State Registrar of Vital Statistics; and LINETTE SCOTT, in her official capacity as Deputy Director of Health Information & Strategic Planning for the California Department of Public Health, Defendants.
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I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California and a member of the
bar of this Court. I am the Chief Deputy City Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco, and the City Attorney's Office is counsel of record for Plaintiff-Intervenor City and County of San Francisco in this case. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein and if called as a witness, I could and would competently testify hereto. 2. On the morning of September 9, 2009, I received an e-mail from Nicole Moss of
Cooper & Kirk LLC, counsel of record for Defendant-Intervenors Yes On 8 and official proponents of Proposition 8. The e-mail stated that Defendant-Intervenors intended to seek leave from the Court to file a brief in excess of the Court's 25-page limit for memoranda of points and authorities and indicated the brief they intended to file was 100 pages in length. The e-mail requested a return e-mail response to the request. Later that day, I received a voicemail message from Ms. Moss which also
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asked whether we would agree to extend the time for filing the brief. It was unclear to me whether she wanted more time to file the 100-page brief or to reduce the size of the brief and file one that was within or closer to the Court's page limit. 3. After receiving her voicemail message, I called Ms. Moss and told her that the City
would not be willing to stipulate to the filing of a 100-page brief, but would be willing to stipulate to a much more modest expansion of the page limit, such as a 10-page extension to file a brief of 35-pages. I told her that if the Court permitted her to file the 100 page brief, we would not claim the brief had not been timely filed because they did not ask permission to file it ahead of the due date for the motion. I also told her that the City would agree to a short extension of time for them to reduce the size of the brief and file it anew. Ms. Moss did not express interest in a stipulation on either point, and we did not continue the conversation further. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that this declaration is true and correct and that if called as a witness I could competently testify thereto. Executed this tenth day of September 2009 in San Francisco, California. By: /s/ THERESE M. STEWART Attorneys for Plaintiff-Intervenor CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
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Pursuant to General Order 45, § X(B), I hereby attest that the concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from single signatory, Therese M. Stewart. Dated: September 10, 2009 By: /s/ RONALD P. FLYNN Attorneys for Plaintiff-Intervenor CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
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